A Chief of the Multnomah Tribe

Hermon Atkins MacNeil

1903; cast ca.1907 · Bronze · The American Wing

In 1902 MacNeil received a commission for a monument, The Coming of the White Man, to be given to the city of Portland, Oregon. For his representation of two Multnomah (Chinook) men of the Pacific Northwest, MacNeil grouped a standing chief and a crouching spiritual healer on a boulder-shaped pedestal, overlooking the Columbia River. The sculptor also modeled the chief on a reduced scale, adding a headdress, a bow, and a quiver of arrows.

Artist

Hermon Atkins MacNeil

Date

1903; cast ca.1907

Medium

Bronze

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Jacob Ruppert, 1939